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Lexington planning commission finalizes cottage-housing draft, OKs advertisement for public hearing
Summary
Planning staff and commissioners refined the cottage housing draft text — replacing a prescriptive “1–2 individuals” line with language about “smaller households,” adding trash and mailbox rules, and moving a three‑bedroom limit into the density section — and directed staff to advertise the draft for public comment and a hearing.
Arnie, planning staff, told the Lexington Planning Commission the objective for the meeting was to finish the cottage housing draft and "authorize us for advertisement of a public hearing." The commission spent roughly 40 minutes on detailed edits before agreeing to advertise the draft for the commission's next available meeting.
Nut graf: The draft was revised to emphasize intent rather than prescriptive occupancy limits, add operational requirements for solid-waste staging and mail delivery, and place a three‑bedroom maximum in the density section rather than the intent paragraph. Staff said the document will be advertised for public comment and a public hearing in February after any final attorney review.
Commission discussion focused first on occupancy and intent. Arnie, planning staff, reviewed the text history and reminded commissioners that an earlier code sample they had referenced included language about households "typically of 1 or 2 individuals," but that the commission had previously decided not to adopt that…
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